Un trésor de famille Trouvé

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Il y a des semaines, Je cherchais un exemplaire d'Ivanhoe de Sir Walter Scott dans l'ancienne bibliothèque de mon grand-père.. Grand-père Gilbert P.. Ellis possédait une bibliothèque qu'il m'a offerte au début des années 1990.. Ces livres et son bureau sont des trésors qui resteront avec moi jusqu'au jour de ma mort. En tant qu'enfant, J'avais l'habitude de m'asseoir dans son

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George Washington Story (1843 – 1903)

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My second great-grandfather George Washington Story was born in August 1843 to Gilford Dudley Story and his second wife Nancy Jane Story nee Womack. George was born in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA. He was the fourth of Dudley’s and Nancy’s nine children. George Washington Story married his first wife and my second great-grandmother Malinda Davis on November 26, 1863,

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Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” Histoire

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Many Zimmermans always believed my great-grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman was married five times. Cependant, Parker was married three times to Victoria Harris, Mellie Bollinger and Lydia Margaret “Dollie” Histoire. It was actually Parker’ sister-in-law Amanda Isabelle “Mandy” Histoire, who was married five times. Mandy was born in Illinois on July 16, 1877 à George Washington Story et Malinda Davis bien que

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter Kimker

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Marie H. “Babe” Johannpeter was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 17, 1903. “Babe” was the second child and first daughter born to my second great-uncle Julius “Oncle Jules” Johannpeter and his wife Bertha Johannpeter nee Horst. My grandfather Gilbert Ellis spent a lot of his time with Uncle Jules family, while he was growing up. Grandpa Ellis’ father

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Julius Johann Peter (1875-1961)

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Julius “Oncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Oncle Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Lee” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee had the challenge of raising her two-year-old son Gilbert as a single

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John Riley Collects Poll Tax

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My second great-grandfather John Riley Deweese served as Welch Township Republican Committee Chairman in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri for most of his adult life. Besides holding party caucuses in his home, John Riley served as Road Commissioner in the 1910s. Residents mostly traversed the roads by horse and buggy. L'un des mécanismes utilisés par les gouvernements pour collecter les redevances routières

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Leçons de service client de grand-père

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À la fin des années 1990, mon grand-père, Gilbert Ellis, vivait avec ma tante Maureen et oncle Dale. Ils avaient décidé d'avoir un grand garage / hangar installé, si le grand-papa et mon oncle aurait un atelier. Ils avaient le hangar assemblé et engagés une entreprise locale électrique pour exécuter l'électricité à l'atelier. Uncle Dale had to run some errands on

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St. Louis Holidays With The Mosblechs

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Les Mosblechs ont de très grandes familles comme une règle. Mon arrière grand-père Eduard Mosblech était l'un des douze enfants. Eduard eu quatorze enfants et ses frères avait douze et treize enfants respectivement. Bien que je n'ai pas encore été en mesure de vérifier la taille des deux autres familles, both Mom and I remember it the same way. Grandma Ellis had

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Herman Johannpeter (1878 – 1921)

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When I started researching the family history, I only knew about two of my great-grandmother Caroline “Lee” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Jules”, Julius Johann Peter. Grandpa lived with Uncle Jules from the time he left Missouri Military Academy in 1932 until he married my grandmother, Alvina Ellis nee Mosblech in 1938. Grand-père

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